A Stuttgart man is facing first-degree battery charges after allegedly shooting a 25-year-old Stuttgart man in the face Monday.

Aaron C. Thomas, 22, of Stuttgart was arrested at 2105 S. Cherry St. at 3:22 a.m.

According to the Stuttgart Police Department the victim was driven to the hospital by a 25-year-old Stuttgart man who the he was with when the shooting occurred.

SPD Ptl. Jeffery Bokker was dispatched to speak with the victim at 1:58 a.m. atBaptist Health Medical Center-Stuttgart. The victim was only able to talk for a short time before the hospital staff said talking was making the wound to the right side of his face worse. The bullet wound was on the victim's right side of his face and exited through the back of his neck, according to the SPD incident report. The caliber of weapon was not listed.

The driver of the vehicle told officers he was messaging Thomas over Facebook about trading out prescription medication Xanax for marijuana. When the driver and victim pulled up at the home, located in the 1200 block of S. Long, he was handed the medication, but did not have marijuana to give Thomas. He asked if he could get the medication on credit and Thomas told him, "They need to leave."

The man said he reached to put the vehicle in drive and Thomas fired one shot that struck the victim.